therefore的用法以及与because、for的区别(2)
Don't jump the queue,or other peopoe will not be pleased.别插队,否则别人会不高兴的。
可以把这类句型中的祈使句换为一个条件句(注意改写时应去掉连词or)。
例如: Hurry up,or you will be late for the meeting.→If you don't hurry up,you will be late for the meeting.
otherwise 用作连词,意思为“否则;要不然”,相当于 or,or else 或 if not .
例如: We’ll go early,otherwise we may not get a seat. 我们得早点去,要不然就没有座位了。
Seize the chance,otherwise you will regret it. 抓住机会,要不然你会后悔的。
I was ill that day,otherwise I would have taken part in the sports meet. 那天我病了,否则我会去参加运动会的。
We didn’t know you were in trouble at that time,otherwise we would have given you a hand. 我们当时不知道你遇到了困难,要不然我们会帮助你的
because、for、therefore作“因为”讲的区别
for ,because,as,since这四个词作为连词,都有"因为"的意思,但它们在用法上有区别:
because 是从属连词,接表示直接原因的从句,一般放在主句的后面,也可放在主句前面,它表示的语气最强,在回答why的问句时,必须用because。
例如:The swimming pool won't be open today because they're making repairs.
游泳池今天不开放,因为他们在修理。
Why did you move to France?
你们为什么搬到法国?
Because my father found work in Paris.
因为我父亲在巴黎找到了工作。
注意:在英语中用了because后,不可再用so。
as 是从属连词,说明一般的因果关系,语气比because弱,说明比较明显的原因,它引导的从句通常放在句首,有时也可放在句末。
例如:As it is raining, you\'d better take a taxi.
天下雨了,你最好乘出租车。
since 意为"既然",表示对方已知的无需加以说明的原因或事实,语气比because弱,但是比as 强。
例如:Since we have no money, we can't buy that vase.
既然我们没钱,我们就不能买那花瓶。
Since everybody is here, let's begin our party.
既然大家都到了,那就开始我们的聚会吧!
for 是并列连词,用来附带解释说明前一分句的原因或理由,for引导的并列句,一般放在所要说明的句子的后面。
例如:I went to see him, for I had something to tell him.
我去见他,因为我有事要告诉他。
只有therefore是表示结果的意思而不是原因.